Ralph Waldo Emerson, comp. (1803–1882). Parnassus: An Anthology of Poetry. 1880.
The PoetCaroline Sturgis Tappan (18191888)
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From thine own longings and lone tears,
And now thy broad sails are unfurled
And all men hail thee with loud cheers.
The billows of the sea are thine,
To all the nations shalt thou roam,
Through every heart thy love shall shine.
Far, far beyond the horizon’s verge,—
Oh! shoot it forth on arrows bold
The thoughts of men on, on, to urge.
Think not to give the laborer rest,—
Unless rich beauty fill the plains
The free man wanders still unblest.
But thou must carve the frieze above,
And columned high through thee alone
Shall rise our frescoed homes of love.